HANDS FREE MOBILE HAM RADIO AND BLUETOOTH Presented to the West Carleton ARC November 3rd, 2009 By: Norm Rashleigh, VE3LC
Ontario Bill 118 Prohibition on use of Hand-Held Devices while Driving ONTARIO REGULATION 366/09 made under the HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT Made: September 28, 2009 Filed: September 29, 2009 Published on e-laws: September 30, 2009 Printed in The Ontario Gazette: October 17, 2009 DISPLAY SCREENS AND HAND-HELD DEVICES
What it means to Amateur Radio Time-limited exemption for amateur radio operators 13. (1) Until January 1, 2013, drivers who hold a valid radio operator certificate issued under the Radiocommunication Act (Canada) may drive a motor vehicle on a highway while holding or using a two-way radio. Exemption for pressing buttons 14. (1) A person may drive a motor vehicle on a highway while pressing a button on a hand-held wireless communication device to make, answer or end a cell phone call or to transmit or receive voice communication on a two-way radio if the device is placed securely in or mounted to the motor vehicle so that it does not move while the vehicle is in motion and the driver can see it at a quick glance and easily reach it without adjusting his or her driving position. (2) A person may drive a motor vehicle on a highway while pressing a button on a device that is worn on his or her head or hung over or placed inside his or her ear or is attached to his or her clothing and is linked to a hand-held wireless communication device to make, answer or end a cell phone call or to transmit or receive voice communication on a two-way radio or a hand microphone or portable radio.
So what seems to be required for Legal Operation while driving Mobile or Portable Radio that : Is securely mounted inside the vehicle; Is in view at a glance; Can be readily adjusted from the drivers position; Uses a Microphone that is not handheld and Uses a PTT button/switch that is not handheld but may be worn on the body.
Wired Options for the Amateur # 1 Fix mount a microphone in the car, on the visor, windshield pillar or rear-view-mirror. and Use a separate PTT toggle switch perhaps secured to the gear shift lever or other easy access location. It is suggested the switch should be toggle on, toggle off, and not momentary action.
Wired Options for the Amateur # 2 HEIL TRAVELER SINGLE SIDE
Wireless Bluetooth Options Yaesu FTM 10R With Bluetooth option
And Yaesu VX-8R Portable With optional Bluetooth Board and accessories the same as the FTM 10R mobile Add $ 100 for BU-1 Bluetooth adapter.
TalkSafe Bluetooth Interface Made by: RPF Communications Ltd Essex, UK Available at: RadioWorld, Toronto $220
My Option Based on Jabra A210 Purchased 5 from Vendor on E-Bay So called Defective Units.. All had Defective batteries, but otherwise worked.
Here's the A 210 Mobile Interface for the ICOM IC 706
In Car View of Chevy Tracker Interface to microphone modular receptacle and headphone jack. PTT is Red Button Push On / Push Off
My Bluetooth Headset (for starters) Motorola H390 $29.95 at Walmart
Other Attractive Bluetooth Headsets Plantronics 510, $75 Blue Parrott B250-X $100
My Bicycle Setup
Wearing the Earpiece
The A210 interfaced to VX 6 Portable
Handlebar PTT
Issues using the Jabra A 210 PIN Code is Static and set to 0000 As a consequence, can not be used with some Bluetooth equipped cars that generate a random PIN code for security. Unmodified, the device Times Out after loss of Receive Audio for 60 seconds.
Modifications to A 210 to prevent time out
Modification to A 210 to prevent time out
Basics Named after Danish Viking King Harald Blatand (translated Bluetooth in English). King Bluetooth evidently ate a lot of Blueberries which stained his teeth blue, hence the name. King Bluetooth (10 th century) kingdom united Denmark and Norway hence the inspiration of the name of the technology uniting devices Bluetooth is essentially short range wireless cable replacement technology
Bluetooth Radio Basics Operates in the 2.4 GHz ISM band between frequencies 2402 2480 Frequency Hopping Spread Sprectrum 79 frequencies in the Hop Set ( 1 Mhz between frequencies Hop sequence is randomly generated 1600 Hops/Second / 625 usec per hop All TX and RX transceivers share same hop sequence in PICO-NET Up to 7 Slave devices to one Master Device in a single Pico-Net.
Other Bluetooth Basics Class 1 device = 100 mw (100 dbm) Class 2 device = 2.5 mw (4 dbm) Class 3 device = 1.0 mw (0 dbm) Most consumer devices are 2.5 mw for a range ~ 10 meters Receiver sensitivity ~ -70 dbm for 0.1% bit error rate (BER)
Radio Modulation Version 1.0, GFSK good for 1 Mbits/sec Version 2.0, pi/4 DQPSK good for 2 Mbits/sec Version 2 +EDR, 8 DPSK good for 3 Mbits/sec
Bluetooth Security Unique 48 Bit address for every Bluetooth device. PIN codes (generally 4 digits). Authentication using PIN between units in initializations process Devices paired to the Master in a Pico-Net assigned an Active Member Address, others can't break into the Net. Encrypted Link-Key established and exchanged (128 bit )
Pairing Process Device A searches for other devices in the discovery mode. (I'm available) Device A detects Device B with Name ID. Device A sends Device B PIN Code Device B compares received PIN Code with its own. Device B sends PIN Code back to Device A Encryption Link-Key exchanged. A trusted Pair is established for further communications and shouldn't require further
Bluetooth Protocol Stack
Bluetooth Digital Audio Codec Based on 64 Kbit/sec log PCM (pulse code modulation) or 64 Kbits/sec CVSD (Continuous Variable Slope Delta Modulation)
Bluetooth Services Personal Area Networking Service Dial-Up Networking Service Serial Port Service Lan Access Service File Transfer Object Push Service Printer Service Human Interface Device Service (ie Mouse) FAX Service Audio Headset Service
QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION?